成唯識論述記 7.547

7.547

The Commentary states: This text is the sixth objection, taking direct perception as the thesis. The opponent asks: "The five external objects such as form are distinctly and directly realized by the five consciousnesses; they are obtained through direct perception, universally established by both the Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna. How can one repudiate them as non-existent?" The Viṃśikā-vijñaptimātratāsiddhi states: "All dharmas have their existence or non-existence decisively determined by means of valid cognition (pramāṇa); among all means of valid cognition, direct perception (pratyakṣa) is supreme. If external objects did not exist, how could there be this awareness: 'I am now directly realizing such an object'?"